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I got a stack of CDs to try and keep from a friend. Mostly classical leftovers from her ex.

This one really sounds vivid and emotional to me, especially the Britten compositions.

Janine Jansen - Beethoven, Britten: Violin Concertos
Directed by Paavo Jarvi

 
Balanescu Quartet
Possessed

Alexander Balanescu with his quartet plays the songs of Kraftwerk. A fun album to listen to.

 
bart said:
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I'm simply in love with this music.
More pure and raw emotions is hard to achieve I think.
2 viola da gambas only, but boy, what do they convey!
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bart said:
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This is a lovely box.
It has 6 CD's with Bach's Overtures, Brandenburger Concertos, Harpsichord Concertos, Violin Concertos, Oboe Concertos.
All this is played marvelously, and very well recorded too.
A big thumbs up! :audiophile:
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NorthStar said:
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WOW,

It is great to see an Alia Vox recording mentioned....the Alia Vox SACD's with Savall (heck, ALL of them) are stunning sounding and are true examples of SACD done correctly. Combine that with booklets that are themselves works of art (in at least six languages!!) they are hard to beat, especially if you like Renaissance music....

Also, the Alpha Productions CD's are also stunning redbook CD's, which I discovered a number of years back by accident. If I had the moolah, I would order the entire Alpha catalog.....

Cheers,
 
Vladimir said:
Heya Bobby! :baby: Why does DECCA sound so good to me?
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As a person who has listened to classical music for over 40 years (I am 51) I will chime in here. By the time I graduated from college in 1984, I had over 1,400 LP's....and, a large portion of those LPs were London/Decca. I learned early on what labels I liked, and those were labels whose recordings sounded like the real thing...period. Starting in the late 1950's (think Culshaw/Solti/Vienna "Ring Cycle") the sound they started to capture was the most realistic followed by Phillips and EMI. DG recordings, especially after the 1970's) became over miked nightmares, while Decca maintained a more minimal number of microphones....and the sound shows this.

Decca had a long line of killer engineers, none more killer than Wilkie, who was responsible for so many of Decca's great recordings, including my all time favorite Decca recording, Symphonie Fantastique with Solti/Chicago....recorded in 1971 in Champagne-Urbana (U of Ill).....when LP's went away in the US and CD became king, looking at my CD library would show you the proverbial red/blue Decca logo.....the same standard I had for LP's transferred over to CD's....

Sad that in 2013, Decca has fallen from grace (and fallen hard)....which is a shame considering the plethora of magnificent recordings they used to release....

Cheers,
 
The entire enchilada (2-Disc Set; fully loaded) :: Classical Opera (Orchestra & Chorus) style (Natalie Dessay: Soprano).

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* There is simply no other type of Music and Human Voice as grandiose and emotional than this genre (Natalie's vocals).
I'm not saying that she's the best, just one of them.
 
NorthStar said:
The entire enchilada (2-Disc Set; fully loaded) :: Classical Opera (Orchestra & Chorus) style (Natalie Dessay: Soprano).



* There is simply no other type of Music and Human Voice as grandiose and emotional than this genre (Natalie's vocals).
I'm not saying that she's the best, just one of them.
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A very gentle and heartwarming requiem. Angelic, nothing dark and morbid. Despite the fact this musical genius died poor at 35 and was given a modest funeral, his body laid in a shared tomb.

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan
Mozart: Requiem

 
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